Sources at BBC News's tier
The 5 sources closest to BBC News (B · 82) by composite SourceScore Index, across all categories. Use this view to discover at-tier peers regardless of vertical.
The 5 closest peers
- 1B·82
AI safety research lab publishing technical papers + safety research + Claude model documentation.
Discipline A · 86(+6)Modern Reference A · 88(+5)Velocity B · 72(-10) - 2B·82
U.S. foreign-policy think tank; publishes Foreign Affairs + research on international issues since 1921.
Discipline A · 88(+8)Modern Reference B · 82(-1)Velocity B · 78(-4) - 3B·82
Developer collaboration platform; primary host for open-source code + CI workflows.
Discipline B · 78(-2)Modern Reference A · 92(+9)Velocity B · 84(+2) - 4B·82
Academic journal database since 1995; primary archive for humanities + social-science research.
Discipline A · 90(+10)Modern Reference B · 75(-8)Velocity B · 80(-2) - 5B·82
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory; flagship academic CS research lab.
Discipline A · 90(+10)Modern Reference B · 84(+1)Velocity B · 72(-10)
How we picked these peers
Peers are the 5 sources with the smallest absolute distance to BBC News on the composite SourceScore Index, across all news and non-news sources. Distance is computed as |peer Index − BBC News Index|. Ties are broken by higher Index first, then alphabetical by name.
Distinct from BBC News's curated comparator hub, which lists hand-selected head-to-head pairs. Peers is auto-computed from the score data — every source has one, and it surfaces neighbors regardless of editorial selection.